Bentivolio leads Trott by 19 in early 11th Congressional District poll

First-term U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio holds a 19-point lead over Republican challenger David Trott in an early poll 14 months ahead of the 2014 election.

Trott, 52, an attorney, announced last week he would challenge Bentivolio in the Republican primary next August for the 11th Congressional District seat representing much of west and central Oakland County and some parts of Wayne County.

Bentivolio outpolled Trott 59.55 percent to 40.45 percent. He also scored higher numbers than Trott among both male and female voters.

The automated survey of 717 likely Republican primary voters in the 11th District was taken Tuesday, Sept. 10, by Lansing-based Murray Communications, Combat Data and Portable Insights.

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It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.66 percent.

Bentivolio, 62, from Milford, won a two-year term in Congress last year after U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter failed to qualify for the primary ballot and later quit his House seat after a decade in office.

New district boundaries that took effect in the last election shifted the district more into Oakland County from Wayne County, and into more Republican leaning areas.